| Yin: Mobile Opportunities Like electronic Swiss Army knifes, pocket PCs and smartphones are versatile multifunction gadgets with Internet connectivity. They are spreading like wildfire and triggering a mobile revolution that is transforming our everyday work and life. Now is the time to embrace mobile computing. Yang: Mobile Risks All that glitters is not gold. Mobile applications suffer from device and information security problems, usability limitations, and unreliable connectivity. Address those key problems or be prepared to live with their consequences. | "Mobile devices offer powerful platforms for the delivery of new applications and services. Hidden from sight, however, are the many computing and network elements required to support the infrastructure that makes ubiquitous computing possible" - San Murugesan, Guest Editor
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Mobile computing and wireless communications seem to be the next wave of the IT revolution. Already this convergence of computing and communications has changed the way we work, shop, play, and interact with one another. But has the promised vision of mobile computing come to fruition? In this issue, you'll learn, for example, how wireless technologies are empowering mobile workers in Japan -- while increasing the security and privacy obligations of corporations worldwide. Join us for a lively debate on the future of mobile and wireless computing.
